The Defense Civilian Workforce - Transformational Changes
Abstract
Today, the DOD and Army civilian workforce is facing complex transformational change. As a result, skepticism and, perhaps, fear may begin to appear to dominate the DOD civilian workforce's thinking as the pace and complexity of the changes move forward. Complex transformational change is very difficult. As Secretary Rumsfeld stated in a September 2001 speech, "Change is hard. It's hard for some to bear, and it's hard for all of us to achieve.". Some speculate that these changes will transform the civilian system, structures and business processes to provide an agile, flexible and innovative civilian workforce and free up resources. Others see the changes creating chaos and an unmanageable state of affairs that brings neither reform nor resources. Using a change management lens of process and communication, this paper will examine the Defense leadership's current and proposed initiatives affecting the Defense civilian workforce to determine whether the transformational changes will be successful. Success is defined as a change process so motivationally powerful that it can overcome bureaucratic inertia and gain a true commitment from the workforce to make the changes work.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 07, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA415778
Entities
People
- Karen Stephenson-tetu
Organizations
- United States Army War College